Posted: Apr 09, 2015

Parks Named Third Team ECAC Division III New England All-Star

DANBURY, Conn. – Elms College senior forward Denisha Parks (Fall River, Mass.) was named to the 2014-15 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England Women's Basketball All-Star team, announced by the conference Wednesday afternoon. Parks was selected to the Third Team, following her Second Team selection as a junior last season. Denisha was voted the ECAC Division III New England Rookie of the Year following her freshman season in 2011-12.

Parks had a banner year as senior, reaching the 2,000-point plateau in a January 22nd win over Southern Vermont, along with collecting her 1,000th career rebound in a win at Bard on December 13th. Denisha led the NECC in scoring with 21.4 points per game, and free throw percentage at 85.1%, en route to consecutive NECC Player of the Year awards. Parks tied for third in the league in rebounding (9.5) and fourth in field goal percentage (43.5), earning an All-NECC First Team selection. Denisha racked up 13 double-doubles on the season, capped off with sixth career 20-20 performance with 27 points and 20 rebounds in a NECC First Round win over Daniel Webster. Parks owns 11 women's basketball program records including career points (2,248), career rebounds (1,271), and career steals (206).

Senior Haley Kanner (Scarsdale, N.Y.) of Tufts University was selected as the Player of the Year, while Mairead Hynes (Mahopac, N.Y.) of Connecticut College was tabbed Rookie of the Year. Tufts University Head Coach Carla Berube was voted as the 2015 ECAC Coach of the Year. The voting was completed by coaches within the ECAC Division III New England Women's Basketball membership.

2014-2015 ECAC Division III Women's New England Basketball All-Star Team

ECAC Player of the Year

Haley Kanner, Sr., Tufts University

ECAC Rookie of the Year

Mairead Hynes, Fr., Connecticut College

ECAC Coach of the Year

Carla Berube, Tufts University

First Team*

Hayley Kanner, Sr., Tufts University

Sara Binkhorst, Sr., Bowdoin College

Kelly Coleman, Sr., University of New England

Shannon Brady, Jr., Bowdoin College